Roger Ebert Rant Volume 1

OK this isn't so much a rant as a collection of my thoughts on Roger Ebert, so yeah. It's fairly ranty though, I guess.

Roger Ebert is probably the country's most well known and accessible critic, and lover of films. Not only has he been the critic for the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967, he has written numerous books, was the editor of the U of I's newspaper, and has his own film festival--the Overlooked Film Festival, held in the University of Illinois' campus every year. It's very hard for me not to have alot of respect for the guy. I'm currently reading Ebert's books A Kiss is Still a Kiss, and The Great Movies I and II, and they're both fascinating works; Ebert really knows how to write!

But I gotta say... in the last year or more it seems like he's losing his touch, perhaps going a bit senile. It seems to me like he can still easily recognize a good film (for the most part), but he can't recognize bad ones anymore. Ebert gave Garfield, and Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties three stars. He also gave La Dolce Vita three stars. Yet he has it listed in his Great Movies book. I ask you... WHAT... THE... FUCK? Honestly, you have what is possibly Federico Fellini's greatest masterpiece and then you have... Garfield and Garfield 2. Yet they get the same rating. Yyyyyyyeah... alrighty then.

More later, believe me.